Henry Traphagen

Henry Traphagen (1 June 1842-11 October 1918) was Mayor of Jersey City from 4 May 1874 to 30 April 1876, succeeding Charles H. O'Neill and preceding Charles Seidler.

Biography
Henry Traphagen was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1842, the great-grandson of Mayor Cornelius Van Vorst. A Democrat, he served as Mayor of Jersey City from 1874 to 1876, and he died in Tenafly in 1918.